Curing Fibre Reinforced Concrete
Even the best mix and placement can mean little without proper curing. Discover why curing is critical to the strength and durability of fibre reinforced concrete.
Macro vs Micro Synthetic Fibres in Concrete: What’s the Difference?
Micro and macro synthetic fibres play very different roles in concrete. This article explains how each fibre works, where it should be used, and why choosing the wrong fibre leads to costly performance issues.
BarChip design app links page
Select between IOS, Android and web based application link to get your free access to the BarChip fibre design dashboard. Fibre concrete designs in minutes.
Creep of Fibre Reinforced Concrete
11 Key Facts on the Creep of Fibre Reinforced Concrete: Your Ultimate Guide on Fibre Concrete Creep.
BarChip Flooring Design Tables
BarChip’s flooring design tables allow you to quickly check required dose rate and thickness of concrete flooring and pavements.
Recycled Pastic for Mining Ground Support
BarChip reduce carbon footprint of shotcrete ground support by over 70 million kg of carbon.
Replace Trench Mesh With BarChip Fibre
BarChip replaces trench mesh in housing slabs. In total Barchip replaced the entire trench mesh cage and 90% of all steel in the system. JKP Static Engineer Péter Schaul explains…
BarChip Reinforced Tunnel Segments – Full-Scale Testing Part 3
Full-scale testing of BarChip fibre reinforced tunnel segments proves that anyone who says you can’t use maco synthetic fibre in segments is wrong.
BarChip Reinforced Tunnel Segments – Full-Scale Testing Part 2
Full scale testing shows without a doubt that BarChip is a suitable material for use in precast concrete tunnel segments.
BarChip Reinforced Tunnel Segments – Full-Scale Testing Part 1
Anyone who says you can’t use macro synthetic fibre in a segmental tunnel lining is wrong and in this series of posts we’ll show you why.
Durability of Fiber Reinforced Concrete. Part 1 – Corrosion
Research shows that corrosion of steel reinforcement occurs rapidly with crack widths greater than 0.1mm.
Testing Results- BarChip Reinforced Burial Vaults
Independent WJE testing demonstrated how BarChip macro synthetic fibres can be used to optimise reinforcement and validate the structural performance of fibre reinforced precast burial vaults.